Which commercials do you hate?

fuzzybuddy

fuzzybuddy

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TV is full of ads. Most of them pass by pretty much unnoticed. BUT there are some that get right under your skin. You know the ones. You have to change the channel. You grit your teeth when they are on. And it seems they are on all the time. Which commercials do you hate?

For me, it's a an ad for replacement windows. It's on every three and a half seconds. I know it by heart. AHHH! I gotta click it to another channel.
 

I find most ads irritating, especially those where I'm expected to figure out what they're on about.
Fortunately I pre-record most things, so I zip past the ads.. :D
 
Rarely ever see an AD... like Sparky I pre-record just about everything I watch so I just ff through the Commercials...
 

All of them....many are an obvious attempt to brainwash us, not just to buy a product but to influence our thinking....and why do they have to be so noisy? I always have to mute the sound when there's a commercial break.
 
It's been a while since I watched much commercial television, but I've always made good use of the MUTE button on the remote. :eek:nthego:
 
The bears with the toilet paper fetish. Whoever came up with the original campaign must be one sick puppy. I will never consider buying that brand, as long as those commercials remain on TV.
 
The commercials that annoy me the most are the ones about medicine . As soon as they start mentioning the side effects I want to scream. There is a new one out now about Peyronies disease. Too much info to be on Television.
 
Most adverts are harmless and lots have a silly
way of getting the message across, but I do
object to loud ones.

I try to record things that I like, then I can skip
the ads.

We have the BBC here and they don't have any
adverts.

Mike.
 
Let me make a list: ( just because these ads are on ALL the time)
1. Dr. Ho's belt thing.
2.The stuff to take away drooping eye lids.
3. the Teeter back stretcher guy
4.The "my Pillow" guy
5, Good RX prescrpition
 
I hate the ads (mostly on lunchtime TV) for Over 50's 'life' or funeral plans. It's all "Oh look, I've got my Idiot's over 50 plan. It's guaranteed to pay out less than I paid in when I snuff it". "That's wonderful, I think I'll apply, if they'll accept me with my chronic stupidity". "No problem, they specialise in idiots like us" - Over 50's Idiot's plan. We saw you coming".
 
I only stream from the Internet so ads are few on the places I frequent. I watch a lot of documentaries on YouTube and there is about 5 or 6 seconds of commercial before you can hit the Skip It button before a show begins. I can live with that.

Some of the other free movie channels on my Roku (Popcorn, Tubie, etc) do have commercials but no where near as many as network/cable TV.
 
I do not like the Progressive Insurance commercials much at all as I am not very fond of Flo. The one that gets to me the most is when they go to a party at the guys house that also sells the insurance and he plays the guitar and sings at the end.
 
I hate all those TV ads that push prescription drugs, most of them have side effects of the problem they're supposed to treat, like stroke drug that may cause stroke, and many have serious side effects up to and including death. The channels are bombarded with them, every day I'm hearing brand new names, they make millions of dollars and the patients just end up paying even more exorbitant prices for all these dangerous 'legal' drugs. It's a money making move by the pharmaceutical companies, and an effective mission to brainwash the American people. :xbone:
 
The "Ask your Doctor" drug ads. The potential side effects are usually worse than the original illness...I can't imagine anyone racing to their doctor and asking for a dose of these pills. In addition, the billions these drug companies spend on TV ads are most certainly added to the cost.
 
The ones that insult my intelligence:

"If something goes wrong with your car...and it will...car repair insurance will be there for you.....everyone should have it."

Uh, yeah...like we don't know that the only way they can stay in business is if they make more money on the premiums than they pay out for car repairs.
 
Detestable: the goofy broad for Progressive Insurance, the idjits by the Statue of Liberty selling insurance, My Pillow.

I fashioned a mute button for our TV back in 1961, many years before remotes were invented. Now we pre-record everything.
 

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